Abu Ahmed Jumaa

Abu Ahmed Jumaa was an al-Nusra Front commander during the Syrian Civil War.

Biography
Abu Ahmed Jumaa was born in Qusayr, Homs Governorate, Syria, and, during the Syrian Civil War, he became a commander of the al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Nusra Front. He led the Fajr al-Islam brigade in the Qalamoun Mountains and invented a thermal rocket used against Syrian Air Force planes, and he frequently travelled into the Bekaa Valley region of Lebanon to provide support for Sunni Islamist militants in the area. He was arrested by the Lebanese Army on 2 August 2014, leading to clashes between al-Nusra and the Lebanese military and the start of the Battle of Arsal.